One of Britain's most famous carpet-makers has collapsed into administration, threatening the 265 year-old royal warrant-holder’s survival prospects. Sky News has learnt that Axminster Carpets called ...
The name Axminster has since been confusingly applied to big carpets woven in Wilton and elsewhere. Axminster carpets became like cheddar cheese. Then in 1937 the Scottish-born Harry Duffield opened a ...